Tag.



PATBNTED MAR. 17, 1908.

s. H. BROWN;

TAG.

APPLIOATION rum) MAY 6. 1901.

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SAMPSON H. BROWN, OF LOCKHART, TEXAS.

TAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 17, 1908.

Application filed May 6, 1907. Serial No. 372,242,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMPSON H. BROWN, citizen of the United States, anda resident of Lockhart, in'the county of Caldwell and State of Texas,have invented a new and Improved Tag, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to tags, and it is particularly useful inconnection with price tags and the like, for dry goods.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong andinexpensive tag for indicating sizes, prices and the like for dry goodsand other material usually sold from rolls or bolts. I

A further object of the invention is to provide a tag adapted to besecured firmly to a bolt or roll by means of an adhesive, with a bodyupon which indicating characters are ibnscribed, arranged at the end ofthe roll or olt.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts tobe more particularly described hereinafter and fully set forth in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanyings drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures, and in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of the end of a bolt of cloth, showing the price tagof' my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section ofthe end of a bolt of cloth showing the tag in cross-section as attachedto the bolt-board; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the tag.

Before proceeding to a more detailed explanation of myinvention itshould be understood that it is of advantage to have a price tag firmlysecured to a bolt or roll of cloth Without actual attachment to any partof the cloth, as the unrolling of the latter would disturb the tag. Itis customary to furnish cloth to retail merchants, in the form of boltsor rolls which are formed upon a central core or bolt-board to stiffenthe roll and to facilitate the forming of the same. I provide a tag withan attaching member adapted to be secured directly to the bolt-board,the body of the tag upon which the indicating char acters are inscribedhaving a hinge connection with the attaching member. The attachingmember has its hinged extremity projecting beyond the edge of thebolt-board,

so that the tag body is free to swing at the end of the bolt in plainview and without interfering in any way with the unrolling of the clothfrom the bolt.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents a bolt-boardupon which the cloth or other material 2 is wound to constitute a bolt.The tag body 3 may be of common or preferred form and is adapted to havethe indicating characters inscribed upon the face thereof in the usualmanner. The tag may be of paper, metal or any other suitable material. Aband .4 of similar material has the ends secured by gluing or in anyother manner, to the opposite faces of the tag body at an edge thereof,and presents at the bend a sleeve 5. The attaching memtongue and has atone end a band 7 with the extremities secured at opposite faces of thetongue and presenting at the edge of the same a sleeve 8. A link orshackle 9 loosely mounted in the sleeves 5 and 8 forms a hingeconnection between the body and the attaching member. The attachingmember is preferably of card-board, but may be of any common orpreferred material. The shackle .9 is preferably formed from wire.

The attaching member or tongue 6 is provided with a coating of adhesivematerial 10 which may consist of glue or any other suitable substanceadapted to harden and to provide an adhesive when moistened. One or bothfaces of the member 6 may be provided with the adhesive material. Itwill be un derstood that if desired, the attaching member 6 may besecured to the bolt-board I by means of the adhesive with which it isprovided or it may be positioned upon the same or secured in any otherway. Preferably, the tag is applied to the bolt by inserting themoistened attaching member 6 between the bolt-board and the nextadjacent winding of the cloth. A slight pressure upon the cloth abovethe member will firmly attach the same to the bolt-board by means of theadhesive coating with which it is provided.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

A tag comprising a body having a sleeve, an attaching member consistingof a single strip and resenting an adhesive surface, said attachingmember being adapted to be inserted between a bolt-board and the rollber 6 is preferably in the form of an elongated thereupon at one side ofthe board, a strip In testimony whereof I have signed my bent uponitself and having the ends secured I name to this specification in thepresence of at the opposite sides of said attaching memtWo subscribingWitnesses.

ber near one extremity thereof whereby is v SAMPSON H. BROWN. 5 formed asleeve at the end of said member, Witnesses:

and a shackle loosely mounted in said sleeves A. D. M. WOLFF, andconnecting said body and said member. l B. L. H. BROWN.

